The bar chart demonstrates the changes in GDP each year for three countries over three consecutive years.
Overall, the GDP growth of Japan illustrated an upward trend, while that of Tunisia and Ecuador witnessed contrasting movements over the given period.
According to the chart, the GDP growth of Tunisia was highest at about 6.1 percent; it outperformed the other two countries, Ecuador and Japan, with GDP growth of about 3.2 percent and 2 percent in the first year.
In the three following years, the GDP growth of Japan improved rapidly by 2.2 percent, then continued its upward trend more significantly to 6.8 percent from 2009 to 2010. Around the same time, there was a steep fall of 2.2 percent in the GDP growth of Tunisia. From 2007 to 2008, the GDP growth of Ecuador rose sharply by 1.8 percent, but later decreased to 1.4 percent in the next year and increased to 2.5 percent in the final year.
